Railway tie and joint protector.



Patented Feb. 20, I900.

J. w. HOWLE. RAILWAY TIE AND JOINT PROTECTOR.

(Applicationfiled June 21, 1899.)

2 Sheets-Sheet (No Model.)

Patented Feb. 20, [900.

J. w. HOWLE. RAILWAY TIE AND JOINT PROTECTOR.

2 Sheets Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

. JohwWHourLe I I I ado 0M JOHN WILLIAM HOWLE, OF SEAROY,

PATENT OFFICE.

ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 0. E. LEE AND F. T. LEE, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILWAY TIE AND JOINT PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,? 95, dated February 20, 1900.

Application filed June 21, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM HOWLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Searcy, in the county of White and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Railway Tie and Joint Protectors,of which the following is a specification,

My invention is a device to protect the ends [0 of railway-rails Where they abut each other and are joined together by fish-plates from being bruised or flattened; also, to deaden the noise caused by the wheels of the car striking the ends of the rails; also, to do away with the jar to the coach incidentto the wheels thereof as they drop down a little in the space left between the ends of the rails. Thus my device protects the ends of the rails and at the same time to a large extent prevents the jolting and noise incident to the movement of cars over railway-rails.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of a railwayrail, showing the slots 4 in the flange 3 of the rail. Fig. 2 is a perspective bottom plan view of one end of an ordinary fish-plate having integral therewith a flange bearing projections. Fig. 3 is a perspective top plan view of Fig. 2 having secured to its outer o face a block of steel 9. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional View of Fig. l on the line 0c 00. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of Fig.4 on the line y y.

My invention is described as follows:

On the inside of the rail any ordinary fishplate may be used. The rail 1 is provided with ordinary. end perforations 2, through which the fish-plates are secured to both sides of the rails. In the outside flange 3 of each 0 of the rails are two vertical slots 4. The fish'- plate 5, which is secured to the ends of the rails, is provided its full length with a flange 6, having on its outer edge a down-ward curve 7. This flange entirely covers one end of flange 3 of the rail. Projecting from the lower side of flange 6 are four projections 8, which are not so long as the slots 4, but are the same width and work longitudinally Serial No. 721,399. mo'moaem therein. Secured to the upper face of the flange 6 and to the outer face of the flange 5 is a block 9. Its lower end is as wide as the flange 6 and about eight inches long. Its' middle part, that part on aline with the perforations 2, is about six inches long or. as long as the space will allow between the end bolts 10, that pass through the fish-plates and the rails. This block 9 isimmediately opposite the joint in the rails, there being one block to each joint or abutment of the rails, practically making a continuous rail. This 6o block extends from the upper face of the flange 6 to a line slightly above the top of the rail and receives the weight of the outer edge of the car-wheels as they pass over the joint. This block is about eight or ten inches long on its top. The block is securely fastened to the flange 6 and fish-plate 5, so that it cannot spring outwardly as the car-wheels pass over it. This device-the fish-plate 5, the flange 6, the projections 8, and block 9- as shown in Fig. 3, is secured to the rails in the following manner: An ordinary fishplate 11 is put on the insideof the rails, so as to join the two ends, its perforations being concentric with the perforations 2 of the rails. 7 5 The fish-plate 5, flange 6, and block '9 are put on the outside of the rail, its perforations 2 being concentric with the perforations 2 of the rails. The projections S are fitted into the slots 4, and bolts 12 are passed through the perforations, and the whole is secured together by nuts 13. The projections 8, which fit into the slots 4, prevent thev device from spreading at the bottom, while the bolts and nuts hold it higher up.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the railway-rails, having in their outer flange, slots 4; a fish-plate 9o 11, adapted to fit against the inner faces of the rails; a fish-plate 5, adapted to fit against the outer faces of the rails and provided with a flange 6, having projecting from its lower face, projections 8, adapted to work in the 5 slots 4, of the rails; block 9, secured to the In testimony whereof I aifix my signature upper face of flange G, and to the outer face in presence of two witnesses.

of plate 5, its upper end fitting against the outer faces of the T part of the rails, and ex- I 7 tending a little above the tops thereof and I JOHN W'ILLIAM HOWLE' adapted to close the joints between the ends of the abutting rails, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

Witnesses:

T. B. PAsoHALL, GRANT GREEN. 

